# DIGITAL DEFINITIONS

"You are what you google".

If someone were to know our google history,we can 

pretty much be defined with reasonable accuracy.I 

would just add our social media accounts to this.

So overwhelming and all pervading is the presence 

of digital footprints in our lives that we are pretty 

much the sum total of our digital activity.

We need not talk about how Orwellian nightmare

 (1. "1984". 2.ANIMAL FARM)

is nearing us.

It isn't .

Because it's already there.

SERENDIPITY

 Serendipity

It is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way(noun).

ORIGIN OF SERENDIPITY IS from the characters in the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip who made such discoveries . 

Serendipitous is an adjective that describes accidentally being in the right place at the right time, like bumping into a good friend in some unusual location, or finding a hundred dollar bill on the ground.

   It is not the same as luck;luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence while serendipity is an unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.

Passion

 Passion is the gap factor between Excellence and 

Brilliance.It defines the difference between the 

Great and the Genius.When passion is factored in 

,work does not remain work anymore...Of course 

talent is the basic qualifying condition.

Few realize this.

What is passion? It is,for me ," irresistible desire

 and compelling compulsion to accomplish a task 

fuelled on the platform of talent ,discipline,laser  

focus and vectored effort".

And

When passion driven brilliance combines with 

experience driven wisdom ,magic happens.These 

are the people who define life.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This will be a spoilsport.Hope readers get the intent.

Lots of new year wishes,expectations,anticipations,optimism. etc etc

Great.

Year grows.

If it works out as you saw it, be happy and pleased.

But if it does not,don't be disappointed.Dont blame and curse the new year.

It's hope that had got us going.

Not the new year.

It was just a change of date.

New year day, is time trick evolution played on us; that trick altered our perception-new perception created hope.And from hope came attitude.

Which is great.We need to be tricked sometimes for our own good.

Not much had changed-except your attitude.

Date was a mere platform.

Hope created the attitude.

Keep up the attitude.

P.S.Want to know how?

Start wishing yourself every morning with:

"Happy New Day!"

Another time trick of evolution..only you will have created the trick..for yourself.

Hopefully,you will have eternal hope.

#PERSPECTIVE

 

                                           

 

              ‘’ One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’’

                                                                                -OLD PROVERB

 

Perspective determines our attitude and altitude in life.

Of course your talent,commitment,and circumstance too play a huge role,but we hear of so many cases of non achiever’s talent,and non success even though favourably circumstanced that one begins to think that these are necessary but not sufficient conditions.RESILIENCE,especially in face of adversity is the only attribute that stands as a sufficient condtion.But that may be linked to perspective as well.Let us see how perspective links with perception which in turn determines by and large how we lead our lives.

MIND 👉 PERCEPTION {Experiences,Socialization,Culture,Education  

etc. interacting with environment} 👉OUR WORLD VIEW

Mental conditioning (Pavlov) compels learned reaction patterns.Self deception is possible thus.So is the truth of experiments like placebo effect-we literally create the world we believe in, at times.Over time,this becomes so ingrained in us that it becomes part of the ,what Freud called,subconscious and appears to us as self evident truth.No wonder people don’t change.Disturbance ,ironically,is more of mind than emotion.That leads to predetermined ,rote reactions,or convulted ones,divorced from reality.Dangers of half knowledge are more legion than those of ignorance.

That is where techniques such as MINDFULNESS become important.To me the concept of STITHPRAGYA ,however is the ultimate.[Look my earlier blog:WHY MINDFULNESS FAILS? for a detailed discussion].

So,harness the power of your mind.Command it and not be led by it.Salvation begins thus.

           

किसी के बाप का हिन्दोस्तान थोड़ी है

अगर खिलाफ हैं होने दो, जान थोड़ी है

 ये सब धुआं है ,कोई आसमान थोड़ी है ।

लगेगी आग ,तो आयेंगे घर कई जद में 

यहाँ पे सिर्फ हमारा मकान थोड़ी है।

 मुझे खबर है के दुश्मन भी कम नहीं 

लेकिन हमारी तरह हथेली पे जान थोड़ी है।

 हमारे मुंह से जो निकले वही सदाकत है

 हमारे मुंह में तुम्हारी जुबान थोड़ी है।

 जो आज साहिबे मसनद हैं, कल नहीं होंगे

 किरायेदार हैं ,ज़ाती मकान थोड़ी है

 सभी का खून है शामिल यहाँ की मिटटी में

 किसी के बाप का हिन्दोस्तान थोड़ी है।

- राहत इंदौरी

 

In Appreciation Of Urdu Shayari

 ऐसे बहुत से शायर हैं, जिनके शेर का दूसरा मिसरा (line) इतना मशहूर हुआ कि  पहले मिसरे, भूले बिसरे हो गए।

"ऐ सनम वस्ल की तदबीरों से क्या होता है??

वही होता है जो मंज़ूर-ए-ख़ुदा होता है।"

 -मिर्ज़ा रज़ा बर्क़

 

"भाँप ही लेंगे इशारा सर-ए-महफ़िल जो किया,

ताड़ने वाले क़यामत की नज़र रखते हैं।"

- माधव राम जौहर

 

"चल साथ कि हसरत दिल-ए-मरहूम से निकले,

आशिक़ का जनाज़ा है, ज़रा धूम से निकले।"

- मिर्ज़ा मोहम्मद अली फ़िदवी

 

"दिल के फफोले जल उठे सीने के दाग़ से,

इस घर को आग लग गई, घर के चराग़ से।"

- महताब राय ताबां

 

"ईद का दिन है, गले आज तो मिल ले ज़ालिम,

रस्म-ए-दुनिया भी है,मौक़ा भी है, दस्तूर भी है।"

- क़मर बदायूंनी

 

"क़ैस जंगल में अकेला ही मुझे जाने दो,

ख़ूब गुज़रेगी, जो मिल बैठेंगे दीवाने दो।"

- मियाँ दाद ख़ां सय्याह

 

'मीर' अमदन भी कोई मरता है?

जान है तो जहान है प्यारे।"

- मीर तक़ी मीर

 

"शब को मय ख़ूब पी, सुबह को तौबा कर ली,

रिंद के रिंद रहे हाथ से जन्नत न गई।"

- जलील मानिकपुरी

 

"शहर में अपने ये लैला ने मुनादी कर दी,

कोई पत्थर से न मारे मेंरे दीवाने को।"

- शैख़ तुराब अली क़लंदर काकोरवी

 

"ये जब्र भी देखा है तारीख़ की नज़रों ने,

लम्हों ने ख़ता की थी, सदियों ने सज़ा पाई।"

- मुज़फ़्फ़र रज़्मी